M&A
Microsoft to buy social network business software company Yammer for $1.2 bn
26 Jun 2012
Yammer already links into Microsoft products like Outlook email and SharePoint collaboration software and add functions to enhance these Microsoft offerings
Kamath prods Infosys to make large acquisitions
25 Jun 2012
Infosys's first non-promoter chairman K V Kamath has nudged the company’s top leadership to use the company’s huge cash pile for expansion through acquisitions
Sesa Goa, Sterlite shareholders approve merger
25 Jun 2012
Anheuser-Busch nears over $12-bn Grupo Modelo deal: report
25 Jun 2012
Anheuser-Busch InBev holds a 50 per cent non-controlling stake in Modelo, but has 43.9 per cent of Modelo's voting shares, while the rest is held by a family trust
Brazilian billionaire Batista to sell 49% in AUX gold to Qatar
23 Jun 2012
The company has inferred mineral resources of 3.5 million ounces of gold, 19 million ounces of silver and 85 million pounds of copper, and a 14-year life span at 7,500 tonnes per day ore production
LAN Airlines merges with Brazil’s TAM to create LATAM Airlines
23 Jun 2012
The takeover completed yesterday marks the emergence of the second-largest airline by market value